N.Y. Surgeon Sentenced In Multi-Million-Dollar Health Care Fraud
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Dutchess County Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced in White Plains Federal Court to 54 Months for Multi-Million-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme
Collected More Than
Manhattan U.S. Attorney
According to the information and other documents filed in this case:
PANOS was a board certified orthopedic surgeon licensed to practice medicine in the
To receive payments for Surgical Procedures from the Health Insurance Providers, PANOS was required to submit, and caused the
PANOS claimed he performed open surgeries, when in fact PANOS performed the surgeries arthroscopically;
PANOS claimed he used certain techniques and procedures during the course of the Surgical Procedures, when in fact PANOS did not, either because they were not medically necessary or because PANOS used other techniques and procedures that would have resulted in lower payments, if any, from the Health Insurance Providers; and
PANOS removed body tissue, known in the medical field as loose bodies, in excess of certain size criteria, when in fact PANOS either removed no loose bodies or removed loose bodies that were smaller than the thresholds set by the Health Insurance Providers for payment.
PANOS, was compensated handsomely--during the years 2007 through 2011, he was paid over
Beginning in or about
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PANOS, 45, of
This case is being handled by the White Plains Division. Assistant
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